MUCK-DIVE IN INDONESIA Divers are likely to be clamouring to reach places such as North Sulawesi, especially now that the Foreign Office advisory against Indonesia has been lifted. Eco Divers, North Sulawesi's only PADI 5-Star Gold Palm IDC resort, is offering two-centre diving holidays encompassing some of the world's best sites. Based at the Tasik Ria resort, divers are well-placed to visit Bunaken Marine Park, with its stunning biodiversity and dramatic drop-offs. You can combine this with a stay at the newly refurbished Kungkungan Bay Resort, and Lembeh Strait awaits with some of the world's most famous muck-diving and out-of-this-world critters.

Eco Divers, www.eco-divers.com

PHOTO-FEST IN ANTIBES The 31st Festival of Underwater Pictures will be held at the Palais des Congrès in Antibes in France, from 27 to 31 October and this year will have a Polynesian flavour. A hundred films, 500 photographs and 1100 slides have already been entered for the competition and 120 exhibition stands will feature 50 nations, 30 magazines and tourism boards and travel agencies. A special Archipelago competition is in its second year and its aim is for participants to devise an architectural project where futuristic cohabitation between mankind and the sea would be possible.

Antibes Festival, www.underwater-festival.com

PIER PRESSURE IN BONAIRE Bonaire Tourism tells us that the new International Ship and Port Security Code does not disbar people from diving under Kralendijk's town pier, but that there will be new security precautions. Local dive guides will have to be registered to lead dives under the pier and participating divers must be identified and approved to dive in advance. Find out more about the ISPS Code at www.imo.org

Bonaire Tourism, www.infobonaire.com

DIVE THE WORLD ON PAPER Long-haul operator Kuoni features all the usual suspects in its Dive The World 2005 brochure. There's a spread of locations across the tropical seas, from Mexico and the Cayman Islands in the Caribbean through to Kenya and the Maldives in the Indian Ocean, Borneo and Indonesia in the Far East, and Tahiti and Fiji in the Pacific - not forgetting the Egyptian Red Sea and the Bahamas. The company also invites you to create your dream holiday online.

Kuoni, www.kuoni.co.uk

LEARN TO FREE-DIVE Deeper Blue is running weekend-long free-diving courses using the 30m-deep Submarine Escape Training Tank in Gosport, Portsmouth. Included in the price of £250 are training materials, equipment hire, snacks and beverages.

Deeper Blue, www.deeperblue.net/courses

SEYCHELLES PHOTO OP The annual Subios photographic contest takes place in the Seychelles the week starting 14 October, and there's still time to get there. Snooba Travel has put together a package from £920 per person.

Snooba Travel, www.snooba.com

GALAPAGOS SPECIAL An expedition to Wolf and Darwin Islands north of the main Galapagos chain is organised on the luxury liveaboard mv Galapagos Aggressor, departing London on 15 November and returning 27 November. The package includes two nights' accommodation in Quito, seven nights aboard that include five-and-a-half days' diving, and even a T-shirt with a Rico design on it. £2695 per person sharing twin cabins.

Scuba Safaris, www.scuba-safaris.com

JORDAN DIRECT After many broken promises by other airlines, Astreus now has a weekly direct flight from Gatwick to Aqaba, Jordan's Red Sea port, according to tour operator Aquatours. It's morning out and evening return, so you can make the most of your time diving Aqaba's coral reefs and wrecks. Seven-night package holidays start from £375.

Aquatours, www.aquatours.com